Yeah, undeadly.org does, but there isn't that much trafifc on it. I like to see daily info, if you can't tell from my schedule here. To qualify that: undeadly.org does a good job and I've been reading it for years, but I bet there's more news and events possible to post.

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Emacs is available on the BSD variants either through precompiled binary packages or user-compiled ports. Installation instructions vary according to exact OS.

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== FreeBSD ==

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To install the most recent prebuilt binary package of the (at the time) most recent stable version:

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<source lang="text">

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# pkg_add -r emacs

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</source>

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Or use the ports to build from source:

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<source lang="text">

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# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs && make install

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</source>

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Developers may find "[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/emacs.html Using Emacs as a Development Environment]," from the official FreeBSD project documentation, a good starting point. Some of the config tweaks are a bit dated and might need updating. But overall it's a reference

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== OpenBSD ==

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[http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Easy Set <tt>PKG_PATH</tt>] to an appropriate mirror.

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<source lang="text">

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# pkg_add -i emacs</source>

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<tt>pkg_add</tt> will prompt you for which version you want&mdash;currently, versions 21, 22, and 23 are available.

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You can also install from the ports tree; however, "The [OpenBSD] ports tree is meant for advanced users. Everyone is encouraged to use the pre-compiled binary packages."(OpenBSD FAQ, [http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Ports section 15.3])

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No premade port or package for Emacs 24 seems to be publicly available currently.

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== NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, other pkgsrc systems ==

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On systems using [http://www.pkgsrc.org pkgsrc], something like

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[[Category:Emacs-24]][[Category:Beginner]][[Category:Install Or Upgrade]]

Revision as of 21:32, 23 December 2012

Emacs is available on the BSD variants either through precompiled binary packages or user-compiled ports. Installation instructions vary according to exact OS.

FreeBSD

To install the most recent prebuilt binary package of the (at the time) most recent stable version:

# pkg_add -r emacs

Or use the ports to build from source:

# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs && make install

Developers may find "Using Emacs as a Development Environment," from the official FreeBSD project documentation, a good starting point. Some of the config tweaks are a bit dated and might need updating. But overall it's a reference